Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-05
rnwEI.LIN CHICAGO.
=, Impetus Given to Literature, ana
Nv he impressed the People.

foWeIl has given Cnicaso
tson, "a a literary centre. In literary
-iroIes this boom is not spoken OF as
.on, but as an impetus-impetus being
ord of such classic pedigree as TO
'onder it preferable to the lowly ana
.,,,or word. boom. This impetus hrst
sr,,e annarent last Saturday afternoon
pe o" ono If the distinguished mem bers
" tha Chicago Literary CUBA manu-
o. JIG of Iiuseed oil-bappened to call
,ha business office of another dlstin-
SSrished member OF the CLUB, wholesale
dsaler in hides and pelts.
81 see by the papers," SAID the nrst
,;..areteur. that James Russell Lowell
~ ~ ssniny tn be in town next week"
H.sTnwelIP Lowell ?" queried the second
,;4,aratpur. as if he were trying to place
tha name: ''oh, yes, remember; the au-
tbor of the 'One-Hoss Shay"
'n s.I es. he's going to read poem in Cen
..ol VnsIc Hall next Tuesday," explained
,ba first itterateur, sand it mas occurred
n me that we ought to elect MIN an nom
orary member of the club"
s.WeIl." said the second litterateur.
,.uo;,I think about that-there's no special
Try You know we have to be little
norafll about taking up with every stran-
"ar that comes along; however. Wen
sseil II over at the next meeting. Here,
Ion linn! go out on the back roof ana
drsv in them calf pelts out OF the rain!"
Since Mr., LowePs address last Tues
6av afternoon we have taken pains to
U'ingle pretty freely with the recognized
i:tprarv folk of town, and we have been
n,jghtily interested IN the opinions that
are EXPRESSED Of Mr.. Lowell and his
work We are told at the house of A. Z.
McCIurg & Co. that during the last iorty-
aicbi hours there has been terrific de-
,nsnd for LOwelPs books. One order
came from a wealthy porK packer, and
was for "Lowell's works in binding to
Natcb nv 'Vues de Paris" Another
order was Tor LowelPs books, provided
tbe whole set cost more than 500. These
little Incidents pleased us greatly, De-
rause they evidence that there Is spring
inSup among our people choice, a dis
terminating, an eXacting taste which de-
MAIDS ONLY he best works of an author.
last evening"" said two Board OF
Trade men, 1--WE had the pleasure of a
long talk with Mr.. Lowell. We were
tullv prepared to create favorable i'm
nression. for, in antic pation OF meeting
him. and following the example of our
0ther fellow tOwnsmen. we had secured
rnmDlete line of Mr.. LowelPs poems and
rssays. and had been feeding upon them
for a fortnight. Much to our disappoint-
ment however, Mr.. Lowell appeared dis
inclined to traverse the poetic and misty
ystas OF the past with US, and when We
contrived-with cOnsummate art and
ncfabie subtiliTy, as we fondly
,magined-to introduce into our intro
ductory remarks an apt quotation from
Hosea Biglow,' he dampened our ardOr
bg adyerting to the location of Chicago,
ns salubrious climate and the immense
volume of its trade. Mr.. Lowell said that
be had driven about the city good deal,
had been charmed with the beauty of our
| avenues the extent and embellishments
| of our commons, the magni tude of our
pond. ana the hospitality of our citizens.
He said that be had visited The packing
houses on the South Side, and that he was
convinced that the Western methods OF
haying and disemboweling live stock had
lis advantages over the conventional
New England way of rsmov-
Ing the bristles of pig with
an iron candlestlck. At one of the render
establishments the proprietor received
the distinguished poet with great cordial
itv. After escorting him about the place
and acquainting him with the delicate de-
tails OF the art, this hospitable host con-
Quoted Mr.. Lowell to the private Office
and insisted upon opening case ofcham-
payne. To make the situation all the
more comfortable for bis guest the host
itup to you newspaper men, for, like as
not, when you get back home, you'll write
usup."
Another gentleman who called on Mr..
Lowell was Mr.. Elisha X. Robbins,
Who represented that he was organizing
a club which he wanted to call the
James Russell Lowell Literary and
DEBATING Lyceum. He sought
Mr.. Lowell's sympathy with the
enterprise to the extent of a donation OF
s25. Mr.. Lowell was really very much
embarrassed; he sympathIZed heartily
With the scheme suggested, and he
appreciated very keenly the COM
pliment which Mir. Robbins and his asso-
GATES were ambitious to confer; but he
was compelled to inform MIR. Robbins in
the most delicate manner possible that in
the hurry and excitement OF starting
llon his Western tour he had oarelessly
lett his wallet on the escritoire IN his
room at home. Mr.. Robbins so heartily
shared Mr. Lowel's regret at this awk-
ware occurrence that, at a meeting of his
Rccomplices last evening, ne formally
moved that ''this organization be and
hereby is named the Julian Hawthorne
Literary Clue"
1t were useless to deny that many OF
puf cluzens were much disappointed at
1le change wHich substituted a lecture
w Richard IL. for political address.
We heard several OF our most cultured
NilOw-townsmm say that Dick Ogiesby
could talk all alOund Lowell; one of our
most Influential citizens, wholesale
hqu0r dealer, remarked 81 have heard
EN- all now-LowelI and Logan and
9n'ral Palme and all OF 'em; hut for
zeal eloquence and scholarship, give me
.arler d. Harrison in spring campaign
very timew
Austin Fisher, the well.known art con-
sSyTsseur anC dealer in leaf lard, SAID
inis man lowell is a scholar and a n ice
sehtlemsn- here's no deny ing that-but.
bl Nye."
pSH9I Ben Higgins, the owner of Prairie
g.r, sly Boots and other noted flyers
,,..'ugnt mat Mr.. Lowelps address was
sa. outage. THE club is very lndIg-
sut le said. 1--WE were all there in
iba icy harness, and we expected that
ny rag would come of as advertised.
hs sVuse we were mad when we found
1 9a' W programme had been changed.
ape eenC was billed as a mile and a
So,, V. uash, and it was, in fact, only a
~ y, lee-ln-hve trot-and slow at that ~
Low iSslhs went on to say that Mr..
NAVY nad offended all the leading turf
SatI INCA by choosing TO talk about
bsra ppeare when he had agreed to come
"g EuHH Park Club.
Mr. I theatrical people. too, are berating